Clasp for bracelets



Filed June i! IEVENTOR wif ` ATTORNEYS iterloclring parts are ,soarranged that theV pull o-nfthe bracelet or .o-tlierarticle ina d1-`rectionfto draw the ends oie" ,the bracelet Paieaaa .iria/16,1926. f

anw-Ais1) e'normrmsoir, 'QF-.nonenasron ia-Arron, NEW Yoan. 'y

- crees? roaf canoni-lars .Application aiearunele, 19.25. .serial No,35,302. z r f f This :inventionrelates to YclasosY torartif ciesy olfjewelry, such bracelet-s, and has i a .clasp which will.; allow a.certain arno nt of' adjustment with; ont presenting the appearanceotiadjiistey able clasp .when the;` clasp is closed., land- :without.having loose ends .projecting beyond.

for-its object .to zprovide the clasp, sinfihas are .nsuallyionndinadjustable'clasps. v.x

A further object-of the invention to providea clasp oiifthiskind inWliichtlie in- -.o'rn amental part ofthe bracelet. .f ig thelaccornpanying Adrawings [I have illnstratedpa preferred` embodiment, ofmy improved clasp applied to the bracelet oaV ivristavatchand inthefsaidfdrafvwinjgs Fig.A las agperspectlve .vlevvotthe brace` letshowing the claspy closed,

Fig. 2 is a similarviewav-ith the clasp open'Y rig. ais i Sie@ View ofthe clasp with are cover open but with theinterlocking parts inen'gagement5-and e f Figqt is anenlarged vsectional.det-ail on YlineLl--le of Fig.Y '1f V:Referring to the` drawings, lfindicatesthe innermember of the clasp attached in the usual mannerto'one end-, oftl1ebracelet. or

other article, vvhichis here shown as a strap of gold mesh. The otherpart ot the clasp is indicatedat 2 andfcomprises aliousi'ngv Y having ahinged cover 3 .for Venclosing the part lV Whenthe claspv isshut. Thepart 2 is attached to the bracelet by means 'off a bar 4lclamped orsoldered wills @11d 0f the' mesh, and to` this bar tne main part orhousing 2 is attached by a suitable hinge indicated at 5 iny Fig. Thecover partrS is hinged to the housing by meansV of a seca ond hinge G.

Projectingirom the inner :tace of the hon-sing 2 are a plurality of pins7, here shown assu: in number, and arranged in -fthree f pairs, whereby:three adjustments?,

the length lot the bracelet; arefproviderr.

The-number. of pins may otfcou'rse be more or less, as desired.

itat bar or `plate-fadaptedto;iti rvvitliin fthe ,sidesgS of thehousing.` fflllieplatell is provided '.rvith el otsalQ; positioned .to`.titfover the pins :7. 'The slots'are:.jnstilong enough-to embrace allthree. pinsgwlienfthe bracelet 'is Y tofoel reduced to'. its-smallestsize ,and the.l

portion ot the. plate at.y the `outer'. ends'fof the slot isfjnst wide,enough *to .tit ,betweensthe pins Tinnen 'the `clasp .is ad] ustedfor 5either' :the more r extendedv positions, as i shown jy more particularlyinldig;

When. the plate 1 1 is.y engaged vvithzthe :pin l Z ,as described,thecover 3 is closed/down..

:on theihousing as shown ;in..l. The; cover -fmay :be .maintained .inclosed position in any suitable manner;jInthief-.construc--..V

outer` tace of the. side flanges ,S of fthe clasp.

tion shoirnthe cover vis provided dat its free f 4,edge \v1th t\vo1earsjlO havinglprojectionsrfll..

`adapted to snap into depressionslllgin theol-.80d

It desiredqa springhinge may be employed for thel cover p 'latezor apositivefsafetycatch distance marked A in Fig. l2, is long'enougli Vforthel cover n3 to completely conceal thepart 1 when the clasp is at itsmost extended` adjustment, or it may be just long enough for the slots 9to bev completely concealed asl i I claim 1. In a jewelry clasp,y thecombination the `housing 'is attachedvto 'the articlefone ofsaidportions beingprovided With `an invterlocling'part, a member attached tothe cooper ate s7with the interlocking part, said memberbeing of alength'vvhich will permit it tobe entirely contained Within the housingtogether With a portionof the` lleXible article, the second part of thehousing being adapted to retainthe interlocking part and a housing to"be attachedy to one end of a` relatively 'flat and flexible article,said hous-V ing-comprising tvvo portions movable rela tive to oneanotheroppositefthe end to Which 1e 1 tive toV one another opposite toVthe end Vat I housing under said second out the overlap.

.the member in operative relatiomand means associated with the housingfor maintaining the membe-r and that portion of the article whichoverlaps with the second portion of the housing under said portionthroughout` the overlap. 2. In a jewelry clasp, the combinationofV aAhousing to be attached to one end of aV relatively flat andtlexiblearticle, said housing comprising two portions movable rela--which the housing is attached to the article, one of said portions beingprovided with a series of interlocking parts, a member attached to theother end or" the article so that it-forms a longitudinal extension ofthe article and cooperates Vwitlijat least one of the interlocking partsto permit it to be adjusted v along the length of the housing, saidmember being ot' a length which will permit it to be entirely containedwithin the housing together with a portion of the eXible article when itcooperates with the interlocking part of the housing arranged closest tothe'.

3. In a jewelry clasp the combination of a housing adapted forattachment to one partV of an article, said housing comprising a bodypart, a lplurality of projections on the Vbody part and a hinged coveradapted to close against said projections, a cooperating part forattachmentto another portion of said article of jewelry, said partadapted to` lie within the housing and having openings for engagementVwith said projections in diiiferent positions of adjustment.

4. In a jewelry clasp the combination of ahousing adapted vto beattached to one part of an article, said housing kcomprising two partshingedly connected, one of said parts having side flanges, a pluralityof projections onone of said parts extending toward the other of saidparts when the two parts of the housing are closed, and a co-y operatingmember adapted to be attached to Vanother part of said article, saidmember adapted to tit within the side flanges ot said housing and`having a slot long enough to engage over several of said projections,

substantially as described.

5. In a jewelry clasp for bracelets andother articles, the combinationof a housing,

said housing comprising a bar secured to lthe end of the bracelet, abody portion hinged thereto, said body portion having s ide anges and aplurality of spaced pins arranged in rows projecting from the face ofthe body portion within the said side flanges, a cover' plate inr`closed position against the side iianges of the housing, and acooperating part for'attachment to the other end of the bracelet, saidpart comprising a plate adapted to l'it lwithin the side flanges ofthehousing and provided withr `l slots long enough to embrace the rows ofpins with the metal at the end of lthe slot oitl a width t'o lit betweenthe pins of the rows. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD B. DONALDSON.

